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I was feeling quite melancholic today. I wasn’t terribly and inescapably in the depths of depression, but I’ve had this pervasive sense of sadness lingering in my mind and body for the past couple of days. The state of the world and too much news consumption is the probable cause and I haven’t felt much like cooking.

I listened to my body and she told me that I probably needed two things, which would help, if only marginally. These were sugar and carbs.

I rooted through my cupboard and couldn’t find very much due to the lack of energy for shopping that the melancholy has brought upon me, but I did find a bag of rice, some Cinammon, and I’d got some milk in, and so rice pudding was the obvious choice.

I first tried this version of rice pudding when a neighbour of mine brought round a dish for me during Ramadan last year. My partner was away and I was home alone, and she very kindly knocked on with dessert for me and to make sure that I was okay (and eating,) without someone to cook for. It’s sticky, carby and not too sweet, and is a nice treat for yourself (or a loved one,) when you’re feeling a bit down and or/it’s the depths of winter.

Rice pudding/orange jam/walnuts

For the rice pudding:

125g rice (pudding rice is good, I use Turkish pilav because it’s thick, a bit like a risotto rice)

800ml milk

Put all your ingredients in a large pan and bring to the boil

When it’s boiling, put a lid on and reduce the heat as low as you can. Cook until the rice is soft and sticky (around 30 minutes)

Leave to cool and top with whatever you fancy – I used a home made jam that I’d picked up at the women’s cooperative and some crushed up walnuts.